The Next Step (2004)

I wrote the screenplay for the third film, which is based on the first professional short-story sale I made ("The Basement Apartment" was a small press sale). "The Next Step" was published in Aboriginal Science Fiction magazine in 1989.

The director asked me to make a number of changes to the screenplay, and I think the result is a slightly different story that maintains the heart and spirit of the original.

"The Next Step" has been screened at:

• Arisia, Boston on January 13, 2006
• WorldCon (Noreascon Four), Boston on September 3 and 4, 2004